What are Sway bars?
Sway bars mount on the bottom of the car and serve to tie the lower ends of the left and right sides of the suspension together. Thick sway bars tend to decrease body lean during cornering and decrease grip at the end of the car that you install them on. For example, if you have a car that has a mild understeer, as most cars do, adding a thicker rear sway bar will cause the rear of the car to lose grip and come around sooner. Thus, the car will now corner flatter and become more neutral. Front sway bars cause cars to push more and rear bars cause cars to oversteer more. The effect is similar to increasing the overall spring rate on that end of the car. Answer was copied from www.bmwtips.com.
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